New distribution record, ecology and tail trifurcation of Cyrtodactylus mamanwa (Gekkonidae) on Dinagat Islands, Philippines

Abstract

This study highlights the ecology, natural history, and a new distribution record by providing a unique habitat occurrence record in karst ecosystem and describes a tail anomaly of the endemic Mamanwa Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus mamanwa in the province of Dinagat. The detection of a new population on Unib Island in the southwestern Dinagat extends the previously known distribution of this gekkonid by approximately 100 km south from its known distribution.

An evaluation of the genus Cyne (Loranthaceae) including a new species and rediscovery and neotypification of the rare C. quadriangula

“…It is considered part of the Greater Mindanoa biogeographic region (Ong, Afuang, & Rosell-Ambol, 2002) and marks the northernmost landmass in the Eastern Mindanoa Biodiversity Corridor (Ibañez & Salvador, 2008). This island boasts a high level of floral and faunal endemism (Ambal et al, 2012;Heaney & Rabor, 1982), with new plant species continually being described (Fernando, Quakenbush, Lillo, & Ong, 2018;Fernando & Wilson, 2021;Maglangit et al, 2021). In a study of plant diversity on Dinagat Island, Lillo et al (2019) reported 432 native species from 87 families and 203 genera from six forest habitat types and with at least 40 island-endemic taxa.…”